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Areas area s do we have around this city? we have major cities below ten feet elevation that are susceptible, houston, miami, those are some of the bigger ones south that are used to storms like this. then up the eastern seaboard, everyone threw new york city on that list. nothing happened since 1960 with donna. everybody said it will probably never happen. you look at new york city's climate. in just the last couple years, we had that freak huge snowstorm that shut the city down. i think eight of our biggest ten snowstorms have happened in new york city in the last ten years. and then you're ...

Feet elevation and it was a warm day that day. >> this creates a condition called high density altitude, which actually means hotter, thinner air, giving the pilot less lift and less power. >> i had to take certain steps, make certain changes to my routine. >> dennis calculates the changes he'll make and at first, everything goes smoothly. >> the standard routine commences with pirouette, on the left front skids rotating the helicopter. >> i got the camera out to take footage of his performance. i was excited about capturing it on camera. >> i turned to 300 feet, then back flip away from the c...

>> both those factors spelled danger for a pilot. >> in utah, it's about 5,000 feet elevation, and it was a warm day that day. >> this creates a condition called high density altitude, which actually means hotter, thinner air, giving the pilot less lift and less power. >> i had to take certain steps, make certain changes to my routine. >> dennis calculates the changes he'll make, and at first everything goes smoothly. >> the standard routine commences with pirouette on the left front skids, rotating the helicopter. >> i got the camera out to take footage of his performance. i was excited about...

New england. maine, new hampshire, vermont, you did not have a pretty weekend. it's cold enough this morning that it is snowing on june 4 atop mt. washington in new hampshire at 5,000 feet elevation. that's an indication of how chilly it is. only in the 50s today from boston to hartford. cool from philly to new york. afternoon showers and storms. and this morning, nasty storms around tulsa, ft. smith, and memphis. those are now headed down to northern mississippi. and birmingham, you'll have a rainy morning with showers and storms. the bottom line this monday, we are stormy on both coasts, but...

Of 2008, and one person eager to see it, and videotape it, is tina tyler, an american gyrocopter pilot. >> i packed up my gyro and headed out to utah with my camera in hand. >> for dennis, there's a setback at the beginning of the event. the helicopter is unfamiliar and it's heavier than he's used to. >> i normally fly with ten gallons on board, which weighs 80 pounds, 72, in fact, in english gallons and i had 30 on board, three times the weight. >> as dennis takes off, he's aware of another element that will have a major impact on his performance. >> the air park had two things going for it. ...